my 9 month old has an everlasting cough

[whitney 3]

my 9 month old daughter has had a coughfor over 3 months she has not gained weight in that time has been very sick on and off, sometimes she is sick 6 -9 nights on the bounce and it seems more comes up than goes in,she also does not seem to be growing she has a rash all over her face and under her eyes which makes her look really ill, the cough is very mucusy but and is always at night time and after sleeps although she does cough in the day its just not as bad,her pooh smells vile and she is very grumpy and clingy she does not taste salty. we have tried inhalers and antibiotics but nothing has helped can anyone help with this

[Ratatosk]

Originally Posted by whitney 3

my 9 month old daughter has had a coughfor over 3 months she has not gained weight in that time has been very sick on and off, sometimes she is sick 6 -9 nights on the bounce and it seems more comes up than goes in,she also does not seem to be growing she has a rash all over her face and under her eyes which makes her look really ill, the cough is very mucusy but and is always at night time and after sleeps although she does cough in the day its just not as bad,her pooh smells vile and she is very grumpy and clingy she does not taste salty. we have tried inhalers and antibiotics but nothing has helped can anyone help with this

Sound as if she has some of the symptoms. I would take her into the doctor and request she be tested for CF based on failure to thrive and her stools. Have they run a culture on her mucus to see if she's growing anything. DS gets regular throat cultures and he once cultured pseudomonas which is a common CF bacteria, but NOT common in healthy children.

[whitney 3]

thankyou for your reply, we have been refered to the hospital based on her not gaining weight and her cough she has had it for ages, do you no what i should expect when we go to the hospital, and although she has some of the symptoms are they the obvious ones? and could this turn out to be absolutely nothing to worry about, as my other 2 children do not have symptoms

[Ratatosk]

The cough could be allergy related. Maybe she picked up a virus and is having difficulty getting rid of the symptoms. But based on the diaper issues, failure to thrive... I would hope they'd run some tests to rule out CF. Maybe do a fecal fat test to see if your child is having malabsorption issues -- a symptom of cf is being able to digest fats due to pancreatic insufficiency.

Just keep pushing until you get some answers.

[whitney 3]

thankyou so much for your help i will let you no how the appointment goes, roll on november 6th hopefully we will get to the bottom of things quite quick.